Assistant Professor of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology and Heritage Studies invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in sociocultural anthropology at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a candidate with a research specialization in cultural approaches to health, sustainability, and/or food systems and commitment to developing and implementing a community-engaged research agenda in California's Central Valley and its surroundings, while also maintaining a comparative transnational/global perspective.

We specifically seek an applicant who will contribute to our department's Anthropology program as well as Community Research and Service course offerings and program development. This is a full-time, permanent, tenure-track position.

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Working with current faculty and staff to expand Community Research and Service programming and teaching
• Teaching introductory and upper-division undergraduate courses. Core courses taught by sociocultural faculty are Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology and Ethnographic Methods. Elective courses may include topics related to community-engaged research, food and health, migration, globalization, and sustainability.
• Teaching, mentoring, and advising graduate students in UC Merced's Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program
• Service responsibilities in the department and university commensurate with academic rank

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